Terrestrial
Carbon Cycle
Terrestrial
ecosystems play a crucial role in the complex feedback processes
between rising atmospheric CO2 concentration and the changing climate.
The sequestration of atmospheric CO2 by the land surface is important
because it would determine the reasonable goal of reducing fossil fuel
emissions, which is at a rather high economic cost. We are exploring
the use of remote sensing for estimation of vegetation biomass and
modeling of terrestrial carbon cycle.
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Kotchenova
et al., 2004. Lidar remote sensing for modelling net primary
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Potter
et al., 2003. Satellite data help predict terrestrial carbon
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Potter
et al., 2003. Continental scale comparisons of terrestrial carbon
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Potter
et al., 2003. Global teleconnections of climate to terrestrial
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Kotchenova
et al., 2003. Modeling lidar waveforms with time-dependent
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Potter
et al., 2003. Major disturbance events in terrestrial ecosystems
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Nemani
et al., 2003. Climate driven increases in global net primary
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Zhuang
et al., 2003. Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial
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Myneni
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